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(No Model.) 7 J. 0. HARRINGTON.

BRACELET,

Patented Feb; 5, 1884.

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFI E.

JOHN C. HARRINGTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,016, dated February 5, 1884.

Application filed Nnvember20,188. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. HARRINGTON,

haveinvented an Improvement in Bracelets, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to that class of bracelets the arms of which are made self-closing by means of a spring; and it consists in the improved construction of the joint for connecting the arms to the ornamental box, which serves to conceal the joint and spring, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bracelet. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a section showing the joint and spring when the arms are in their closed position, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, showing the arms opened, with the side of the ornamental box removed, to show the position of the joints and spring. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view, showing the construction of the box and spring. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the arms of the bracelet.

In the accompanying drawings, A A are the two arms of the bracelet, which may be made in forked form, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, and also provided with a transverse groove, 1), cut at the inner side of the forked arms A A, as shown in Fig. 6. The spring B, which serves to close the arms A A, is preferably made in form, and is held in the boX- E, between the ends of the arms A A, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The hol E, to which the arms A A are e e, is adapted to pass within the sides of the piece 0, the ends era of the arm A entering the notches e e, and serves to force the ends a a downward, so that the lower edge of the slot d will enter the transverse groove 1). Thus, when the piece D is in position, the arms A A will be secured to the box, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

I do not of course limit my claim to the forked arms shown in the drawings, as my in- Vention is equally adapted to the ordinary bracelet-arms of elongated crosssection, and a spiral spring may be employed instead of the L! shaped spring shown in the drawings.

I claim as my invention 1. In a bracelet, the combination of arms A A, provided with the transverse groove b, perforated piece 0, holding-piece D, and spring B, substantially as described. I

- 2. The improved joint for bracelets, formed by a groove at the inner side of the braceletarm, the perforated piece adapted to enter the groove, and the holding piece, all arranged substantially as described.

. JOHN C. HARRINGTON. 

